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“Home Alone” in the Style of Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road”

I think someone just went wild with a thesaurus instead of trying to capture the style of McCarthy.  But this is still an interesting attempt to capture McCarthy’s style of writing. They lift the kid by his blood-dimmed sweater and hang him on a coatrack. Madness on their faces. The mantis gone moronic. The squat’s tonsured head […]

Posted 17 December 2015 § Humour § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

One Month ‘Til Christmas!

May your resident librarian recommend a book to help you pass the next few weeks? 😉

Posted 25 November 2015 § Humour § PopCulture § UK § Wisdom § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Introducing T-19: An Election Countdown #elxn42

So beginning tomorrow, I’m planning to have a 19 day series of posts with various thoughts and observations about the Canadian Federal Election. My politics are no secret and much of the content will be focused on reasons why the Conservative Party of Canada led by Stephen Harper has to go but I’m hoping I can […]

Posted 30 September 2015 § Canada § Censorship § List § News § Politics § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Can BuzzFeed Guess Your Age By How You Answer A Quiz About Your Reading Habits?

The site guessed 40 for me and I’m 42 so that’s pretty good.  [Edit: it also guessed 35 for Shea and she’s 36 so pretty much bang on once again!]

Posted 29 September 2015 § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – New Computer System @OfficialRPL #yqr (February 2010)

RPL is moving to a new ILS over the coming week which reminded me of the last move we had five years ago…

Posted 17 September 2015 § Humour § Library § MemoryLane § Photo § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Friday Fun Link – “It was Google back in the day.” Teens React to Encyclopedias

Bonus footage:

Posted 11 September 2015 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – Calculate Your Reading Speed

MyReadSpeed.com is a site that allows you figure out your reading speed. I tried on the sample from “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” and got 523 words per minute. Unfortunately, the site has no way to account for having two kids pestering you while you take the test! 😉

Posted 05 June 2015 § FridayFunLink § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

You Can’t Defend Public Libraries and Oppose File Sharing

Libraries and file-sharing do not differ in principle. The purpose of libraries was – is – to make culture and knowledge available to as many as possible, as efficiently as possible, for free – simply because of the greater socioeconomic benefit of an educated and cultural populace. How is this not file-sharing? Great article that […]

Posted 21 May 2015 § Library § Politics § PopCulture § Technology § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Litany of Lies: A Third Grader’s Reading Log Exposed!

I often feel guilty that Shea and I don’t do a better job of keeping up Pace’s reading log but after doing a few “I’m a librarian.  I can confirm he’s reading all the time.  We’re good.”-type entries at the start of the year, we’ve slipped off completely. At least that means we won’t get any notes […]

Posted 12 May 2015 § Humour § Pace ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Yeah Baby! #Flames Eliminate The Canucks to Move To Round Two of #StanleyCup Playoffs

In 2004, I attended the Alberta Book Awards on the same evening as game six of the Canucks-Flames first round playoff series. As one of the event organizers, I kept providing updates on the score to the MC who relayed them to the partisan crowd (oh, those not-that-long-ago days before everyone had a smartphone in […]

Posted 26 April 2015 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,